Why is it so difficult to get our priorities straight? No matter how important or imminent the exam was I still had to tidy my room to a state of perfection before I would begin studying. No matter how crucial a deadline is at work I still find myself using up my time on emails and easily achieved tasks.
Read More prioritiesThere they were in their ancestral homeland, and yet the people of God were not really at home. The old timers, perhaps even Haggai himself, told stories about Jerusalem in its glory before the city’s destruction in 586 bc(2:3). But what they found in their return from exile in 538 was dispiriting.
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Before we unpack this text we should recognize that sometimes chapter divisions fragment the flow and integrated nature of the Scriptures. That’s certainly true with today’s text – it follows on from what it means to “Honour Christ and put others first” Ephesians 5:21.
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